Develator

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 13 September 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Develator Ltd. (“we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our registered office is in London, United Kingdom.

This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data. It applies to data collected through our website (www.develator.com), our services, and any other interactions you may have with us. As a company based in the UK, we adhere to the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

For the purpose of the UK GDPR, the data controller is Develator Ltd.

2. What Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

a) Information You Provide to Us:

  • General Enquiries: When you contact us via our contact forms or by email, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide in your message.
  • Startup Applications: When you apply for our AI Conglomerate Initiative or other funding opportunities, we will collect detailed information, including but not limited to:
  • Startup Name and website.
  • Founder(s) and key personnel names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
  • Company information, business plans, financial projections, and descriptions of your technology.
  • Pitch decks and other documents you upload or share with us.
  • Client Information: If you engage with our Business Development and Growth services, we will collect information necessary to provide those services, such as your name, company details, and contact information.

b) Information We Collect Automatically:

  • Website Usage Data: We may automatically collect information about your visit to our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral source, page views, and the duration of your visit. This data is primarily collected using cookies and similar technologies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Our Services: To deliver our Business Development support and to process and evaluate applications for our startup funding and incubation programs.
  • For Communication: To respond to your enquiries, provide you with information you have requested, and manage our relationship with you.
  • Due Diligence: To assess the viability, potential, and risks associated with startups and businesses applying to our programs or seeking our services. This is a legitimate interest of our business.
  • To Improve Our Website: To analyse how our website is used in order to improve its functionality and user experience.
  • For Legal and Regulatory Compliance: To comply with our legal obligations and to protect our legal rights.

4. Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

Under UK GDPR, we must have a legal basis for processing your personal data. The legal bases we rely on are:

  • Consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., signing up for a newsletter).
  • Contract: Where processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, unless there is a good reason to protect your personal data which overrides those legitimate interests. This includes the evaluation of startup applications.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We respect the confidentiality of your information. We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With Our Partners: For the purpose of evaluating startup applications for our AI Conglomerate Initiative, we may share your application data with our trusted partners, including Not Just Bookkeeping (www.notjustbookkeeping.co.uk) and Seed Money (www.seedmoney.it). This sharing is essential for the due diligence process.
  • With Service Providers: We may share data with third parties who provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting (e.g., Hostinger), analytics, and IT support. These providers are bound by contract to protect your data.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, or in response to a valid request from a law enforcement or government agency.

6. International Data Transfers

As an international business, we may transfer your personal data outside the UK. Where we do so, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with UK GDPR, such as using Standard Contractual Clauses or ensuring the recipient country is deemed to have adequate data protection laws.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For unsuccessful startup applications, we will typically retain your data in case future opportunities arise, unless you ask us to delete it sooner.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

10. Cookies Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, please see our Cookie Policy (we recommend creating a separate, linked page for this).

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our website. We will notify you of any significant changes where appropriate.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: projects@develator.com